The world is not ours to save : finding the freedom to do good /
Stevenson, Tyler Wigg.
The world is not ours to save : finding the freedom to do good / Tyler Wigg-Stevenson. - 1 online resource (220 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-220).
The world is not ours to save -- Don't be a hero -- Broken beyond our repair -- Fear God -- Take these snakes -- The peaceable kingdom -- Peace with God: worship, discipleship, evangelism -- Peace among the nations: justice, industry, nonaggression -- Peace in community: dignity, prosperity, fearlessness -- Living out our callings.
The 2014 Christianity Today Book Award Winner (Christianity and Culture)2014 Outreach Magazine Resource of the Year (Compassion)We want to save the world-and we have a dizzying array of worthy causes to pursue. But passionate enthusiasm can quickly give way to disillusionment, compassion fatigue or empty slacktivism. As we move from awareness to mobilization, we bump up against the complexities of global problems-and liking Facebook pages only goes so far. Veteran activist Tyler Wigg-Stevenson identifies the practical and spiritual pitfalls that threaten much of today's cause-driven Christianity.
9780830864522 0830864520
1F9DF735-49C2-4CB1-A4CB-50503C283D33 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
Change--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Liberty--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Vocation--Christianity.
Liberté--Aspect religieux--Christianisme.
RELIGION--Christian Life--General.
Change--Religious aspects--Christianity
Liberty--Religious aspects--Christianity
Vocation--Christianity
BV4599.5.C44 / S74 2013
248.4
The world is not ours to save : finding the freedom to do good / Tyler Wigg-Stevenson. - 1 online resource (220 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-220).
The world is not ours to save -- Don't be a hero -- Broken beyond our repair -- Fear God -- Take these snakes -- The peaceable kingdom -- Peace with God: worship, discipleship, evangelism -- Peace among the nations: justice, industry, nonaggression -- Peace in community: dignity, prosperity, fearlessness -- Living out our callings.
The 2014 Christianity Today Book Award Winner (Christianity and Culture)2014 Outreach Magazine Resource of the Year (Compassion)We want to save the world-and we have a dizzying array of worthy causes to pursue. But passionate enthusiasm can quickly give way to disillusionment, compassion fatigue or empty slacktivism. As we move from awareness to mobilization, we bump up against the complexities of global problems-and liking Facebook pages only goes so far. Veteran activist Tyler Wigg-Stevenson identifies the practical and spiritual pitfalls that threaten much of today's cause-driven Christianity.
9780830864522 0830864520
1F9DF735-49C2-4CB1-A4CB-50503C283D33 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
Change--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Liberty--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Vocation--Christianity.
Liberté--Aspect religieux--Christianisme.
RELIGION--Christian Life--General.
Change--Religious aspects--Christianity
Liberty--Religious aspects--Christianity
Vocation--Christianity
BV4599.5.C44 / S74 2013
248.4